Narrated in a style that seems to foreshadow "Magical Realism", this is the diary of one of the crew members of Magellan's historic expedition of 1519-1522.
Remarkable firsthand account by one of the few survivors of Magellan's epochal journey (1519-1522). Remarkably detailed record of new lands, flora and fauna, shipboard life, etc. Introduction. 28 halftones. Map.
Contains the daily logs kept by Columbus and Magellan's scribe, Pigafetta, on their fateful voyages to the unknown Americas and around the world. These voyages of exploration and discovery unequivocally changed and impacted on the western world like no other event except for the advent of Jesus Christ.
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHRONOLOGY FIRST VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. Magellan arrives at Seville - October 20, 1518 Magellan's fleet sails from Seville Monday,1 August 10, 1519 Magellan sails ...
Ferdinand Magellan was born in Portugal in 1480. In 1517, he went to Spain to see the teenaged Spanish king, the future Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. He sought and gained his support for the first voyage around the world. In 1519, by then Spanish, Magellan set out from Spain in command of a fleet of five ships. His aim was to sail around the ...
Este es el Diario del Primer Viaje alrededor del mundo, escrito por uno de sus protagonistas, el notable caballero italiano Antonio Pigafetta. El expedicionario embarco en 1519 en la nave Trinidad, al mando de Magallanes, y volvio a Espana habiendo dado la vuelta al mundo en 1522, en la nave Victoria, de la que era capitan Juan Sebastian Elcano ...
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